Carbon dioxide release in Coptotermes formosanus shiraki and Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar): Effects of caste, mass, and movement

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-224

  Shelton, Thomas G ^a   Appel, Arthur G ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 release patterns; Mass scaling; Movement; Respiration; Termites

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAS EXCHANGE; MASS; NONHUMAN; RESPIROMETRY;

ARTHROPODA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0035135719     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(00)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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